The News
Firefighters Face Added Risk of Fatal Heart Attack
All Things Considered, March 21, 2007 · There is something about fighting fires that puts firefighters at much greater risk of having a fatal heart attack. Firefighters are twice as likely to die from a heart attack in the line of duty than are policemen, and three times more likely than EMTs. Now a study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that firefighters are up to 136 times more likely to die of a heart attack while fighting a blaze than when they're on non-emergency duty.

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Read the research behind this story in the New England Journal of Medicine.